213_Saq_S
Container owner
name | Nikaure |
title | tAjtj zAb TAtj |
sex | male |
Container properties
number | |
material | limestone |
present location | in situ |
state of preservation | |
period | OK |
dynasty | 4 (end Menkaure or later) |
type | rectangular |
updated typology | |
shape | – |
lid | |
length | 2.45m |
width | 1.2m |
height | – |
inscription | ? |
decoration | undecorated ? |
inner decoration | ? |
description | |
notes | Nikaure was the son of Khaefra |
Container findspot
locality | Giza |
site | Central Field |
location | to the SE of the pyramid of Khafre |
tomb type | rock-cut tomb |
code of tomb | LG 87 |
material of tomb | limestone |
dating | 4 |
tomb owner | Nikaure |
social position | vizier |
title | tAjtj TAtj (n) zAb – he of the curtain, chief justice and vizier (Jones 2000: 1000, no. 3706) |
shaft | |
burial apartment | burial chamber |
body inside | |
archaeological context | primary |
remarks on archaeological context |
Bibliography
Porter, Bertha – Moss, Rosalind L. B.
1981. Topographical bibliography of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic texts, reliefs and paintings III2: Memphis. Part 2: Ṣaqqâra to Dahshûr, 2nd, revised and augmented ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press; Griffith Institut, pp. 232-233.